The great leader's evaluation is "the benevolence, righteousness and morality of a stupid pig". Hit the nail on the head.
Ma Xiguang is simply a replica of Song Xianggong. He "admired Song Xianggong's false writings" and caused Yuan Tan's trouble. Therefore, it is natural that one's body should be destroyed and the country should be destroyed.
In the twelfth lunar month of 950 AD, Ma Xihe won the civil war in Southern Chu and took control of Tanzhou. At the same time, Guo Wei proclaimed himself emperor, established the Later Zhou Dynasty, and changed his reign name to "Guangshun".
The change of color in the Central Plains is a great thing for the new Ma Xihe regime. Because the Later Han regime that was overthrown by Guo Wei was a "supporting Guangzhou faction", it had never recognized Ma Xihe's political status, and even attempted military intervention. In terms of politics and diplomacy, Ma Xihe was the opposite of the Later Han Dynasty.
Guo Wei was also the opposite of the Later Han Dynasty, and the troops sent by the Later Han Dynasty to support Ma Xiguang were transferred back by Guo Wei. In theory, Guo Wei is Ma Xi'e's natural ally. Now that the two have assumed leadership positions almost at the same time, it is appropriate to take this opportunity to recognize each other and restore friendly diplomatic relations.
However, Ma Xi'e still maintained hostility towards the new Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains and continued to surrender to Huainan. He sent his chief aide Liu Guangfu to visit Huainan to pay tribute to Huainan, and used Huainan's reign name "Baoda Ninth Year" to show that he was loyal to Huainan Zhengshuo and was incompatible with the later Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains Dynasty.
This is a major failure of Ma Xi'e.
After Ma Xi'e took control of Tanzhou, he was so satisfied that he stopped making progress and started a pattern of debauchery and immorality.
He fought bloody battles for three years and took control of Tanzhou, but it only lasted less than a year. This is very surprising, because generally speaking, the "second-generation curse" only happens to pure second-generation people. Once the second-generation usurps power through a long-term civil war, in theory, he is just like his father and brother. Similarly, a world that is built on its own strength will usually have the temperament of a founder and pioneer, such as Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty.
But the speed of Ma Xi'e's corruption and degeneration is simply jaw-dropping. He explained to us what "the villain succeeds" means.
After seizing power, Ma Xihe immediately launched a purge and expanded it. Not only the "supporting Guangdong faction" were counterattacked, but also everyone who had offended Ma Xihe before, or who he disliked or disliked , all of them are on the death list.
Historical records record that he "thought too much about old grudges and killed without restraint." Those who are confident are tolerant, and those who have low self-esteem are cruel. Ma Xi'e has very low self-esteem.
Secondly, he "drunk and indulged in debauchery." In this regard, his level of perversion is simply unsightly, and every move he makes is restricted.
Ma Xi'e is suitable for both men and women, and she also likes multi-person sports. He had a domestic slave named Xie Yanyong (also known as Xie Yanze and Xie Yanqin). The young man had a fat head and a pink face, and was a standard young man with fresh meat and cream. He was deeply loved by Ma Xihe and became Ma Xihe's "boyfriend". Ma Xi'e often took him to discuss and communicate with his wives and concubines, which was thought-provoking.
Comrade Xie Yanyong relied on this abnormal favor to be domineering, lawless, and behaved wildly. The more he behaved like this, the more he was liked by Ma Xihe, who promoted him to a small disciple.
According to the rules, when the king is having a banquet with his ministers, the job of the little envoy is to stand guard at the door, with weapons in hand, to protect the dignitaries in the room. However, Ma Xi'e called him to take a seat, and the seat was higher than that of the generals. The generals were doubly insulted by this.
Comrade Xie Yanyong forgot about himself, and even hooked up with Ma Xichong. His behavior was frivolous and his words were loose. This made Ma Xichong very angry.
Ma Xie devoted himself to debauchery and had no time or energy to interfere with national affairs, so he handed over the military and political power to Ma Xichong. Ma Xichong also had a soft spot for corruption, so he subcontracted military and political power to his subordinates. As a result, the politics of Nanchu became dark and full of corrupt officials.
Since Tanzhou's treasury had been looted by the rebels, Ma Xi'e had to order the people to be plundered in order to reward the soldiers. Ma Xi'e believed that permission to rob was already an administrative appropriation, so he was careless in the details of the rewards. Not only did the number fall short of the soldiers' expectations, but there was also a serious problem of uneven distribution of the spoils. The soldiers were full of complaints, and even the direct troops of Langzhou were so full of complaints that they even had second thoughts.
The people were dissatisfied, the army was dissatisfied, the civil and military generals were dissatisfied... This is evident from Ma Xi'e's short reign.
Since the palace had been destroyed by fire in the Battle of Tanzhou, Ma Xihe ordered his immediate relatives, Langzhou commander Wang Kui and deputy commander Zhou Xingfeng, to lead more than a thousand people in his headquarters to rebuild it.
The project has a tight schedule and heavy tasks, and it is voluntary labor without any reward. The soldiers' dissatisfaction reached the extreme, and they complained privately: "Only pardoned death row prisoners will engage in this kind of hard work. We followed the king, narrowly escaped death, and finally captured Tanzhou. Even if we have no merit, we are at least not criminals, right?" We are treated like animals every day, but the king is so obsessed with life and money that he has no sympathy for our hardships!"
After Wang Kui and Zhou Xingfeng heard these remarks, they also discussed privately, "The public resentment is boiling. We must make plans early, otherwise a catastrophe will be imminent!"
In the early morning of March 11, Wang Kui and Zhou Xingfeng led their troops and fled back to Langzhou overnight.
At this time, Ma Xi'e was already drunk, and no one around him dared to wake him up. It was not until Ma Xihe woke up from a hangover the next day that his attendants reported to him the news that Wang Kui and Zhou Xingfeng had returned without permission. Ma Xi'e hurriedly sent Tang Shizhu and more than a thousand people to pursue him all the way to Langzhou.
Wang Kui and Zhou Xingfeng set up an ambush in advance and almost wiped out all the pursuing troops. Tang Shizhu fled back to Tanzhou alone.
After returning to Langzhou, Wang Kui and Zhou Xingfeng dismissed Ma Guangzan, who had stayed in Langzhou, and supported Ma Guanghui as acting governor, and then supported him as the military envoy of Langzhou. Ma Guanghui is the son of Ma Xizhen, the eldest son of Ma Yin.
Less than three months after Ma Xi'e took control of Tanzhou, a rebellion broke out in Langzhou, the revolutionary base camp. Ma Xi'e sent a request for help to Huainan, the suzerain country, asking them to help suppress the rebellion.
But Huainan has his own problems and his own ideas:
First, the war to destroy Fujian drained the national treasury and was short of money;
Second, what Huainan actually got was less than half of the country of Fujian. The richest Fuzhou was occupied by the Wuyue Kingdom, and Quanzhou and Zhangzhou were left to be separated by Congxiao. Only Jianzhou and Tingzhou really fell into Huainan's pocket;
Third, in order to regain Fuzhou, Huainan fought with Wu Yueguo, but failed. Coach Zha Wenhui was captured alive by Wu Yueguo;
Fourth, Huainan suffered a rare famine, and a large number of hungry people were forced to flee to the territory of the Later Zhou Dynasty to beg for food. This has been mentioned above. Underneath the glamorous appearance, there is a dilemma of being stretched thin;
Fifth, Guo Wei completed the integration of the Central Plains. The Later Zhou Empire was in the ascendant and was gaining momentum, while the Khitan to the north was in a relatively weak position. There was the possibility of the Later Zhou Dynasty going south to conquer the Huaihe River;
Sixth, Huainan had just launched a tentative attack on Hou Zhou, resulting in heavy losses.
The seventh point is Huainan's true intention: they intend to annex Nanchu. This will be discussed later.
